Wednesday, 29 October 2014

1. In what ways does the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 change America? What lasting inventions and ideas did it introduce into American culture? What important figures were critically influenced by the Fair?

2. At the end of the book, Larson suggests that, "exactly what motivated Holmes may never be known" (395). What possible motives are exposed in the story? Why is it important to try to understand the motives a person like Holmes?

3. In what ways is The Devil in the White City like a novel?

4. What is the essential difference between men like Daniel Burnham and Henry H. Holmes? Are they alike in any way?

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Based on your feedback, here is an historical fiction, The Devil in the White City, and a mystery/thriller, Bones Never Lie, by Kathy Reichs, on whose series the TV show Bones is based. Let me know by Friday, September 26th which one you'd prefer. To vote, see Mr. Feick for a ballot. See you in the Library!

Temperance "Tempe" Brennan faces down the demons of her past in the seventeenth thriller in Kathy Reichs's phenomenally successful Bones series.Unexpectedly called in to the Charlotte PD's Cold Case Unit, Dr. Temperance Brennan wonders why she's been asked to meet with a homicide cop who's a long way from his own jurisdiction. The shocking answer: Two child murders, separated by thousands of miles, have one thing in common-the killer....Brennan will have to draw her bitter ex-partner out of exile, keep the local police and feds from one another's throats, and face more than just her own demons as she stalks the deadliest of predators into the darkest depths of madness.